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To join ACAL please complete and submit the form below and select the appropriate membership type your require.

Membership is open to any person including students, paralegals, solicitors, counsel and experts. In the case of multiple members from one solicitors’ firm or other organisation, voting rights (in relation to any meeting of the members of ACAL) shall be restricted to five members only.

In the case of experts and counsel, we operate separate expert and counsel database lists which can only be accessed by other members and may assist them in locating the appropriate counsel and/or expert for a particular case. To join as an expert or counsel member, please complete the form below. Expert and counsel applications will be assessed by our executive committee before being accepted.

In order to comply with the solicitor’s code of conduct, and in particular because of the availability of public funding in this area of work, all members must be able to offer to and advise clients upon the availability of public funding to victims of abuse subject to qualification with the appropriate means criteria.

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NB. Some of these questions are aimed at Personal Injury solicitors. If any of the questions do not apply to you, please leave them blank or answer them as well as you can. Other questions (where marked with an asterisk *) are for other professions (“Expert/Professional Members”)

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I agree to support the Aims of ACAL (full copy of Memorandum And Articles of Association available on request) & abide by the Code of Good Practise which I have read. I confirm that I work predominately on behalf of Plaintiffs in civil litigation cases/CICA cases *I agree to support the Aims of ACAL (full copy of Memorandum And Articles of Association available on request) & abide by the Code of Good Practise which I have read. I confirm that I work predominately on behalf of Plaintiffs in civil litigation cases/CICA cases

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ACAL Membership

To join ACAL (Association of Child Abuse Lawyers) please download a membership application form. Membership of the panel/ACAL begins on the 1st March and ends on the 28th February. The Executive Committee will give consideration to allowing a person membership a reduction of the fee or an extension of membership if they apply in the middle of the year.

There are the following different types of membership - full details appear in the following table:

Type of Member

Fee

Benefits

Student Member

£40.00

Restricted areas of Web site, Free workshops (2 per year one in North , one in South of England), Newsletter

Non-Practising Member (eg Experts)

£150.00

Restricted areas of Web site, Free workshops (2 per year one in North , one in South of England), Newsletter